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There isn't really popular groups on campus but many people are involved in the arts, mainly through singing and dancing, and these performances are highly attended. Students at Brown often care more about guest speakers than athletic events, often lining up in the mail room 2 hours before tickets are released. The weekend at Brown often starts on Wednesday and continues to Saturday night. Fraternities and Sororities do exist, but the frat parties often have lines onto the quad most nights and these parties are often not free.

Typically at Brown, the two most popular types of activities are the arts and political activism. Brown has the most a capella groups per capita than any other University in the US, and it shares a very close relationship with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), which gives students access to courses at the design school. There are also many dance groups on campus that are all student-run, and the new Granoff Center for the creative arts has opened the way for students interested in acting and performance to further cultivate their interests. With regard to political activism, there are frequent protests on the main green that make a student sometimes feel like they are at Berkeley in the 1960's. Greek life does not have a very strong presence on campus, with only eight fraternities and two sororities on campus.

The largest student group by numbers on campus is probably the Queer Alliance, because it's composed of quite a few smaller groups. Other popular ones are the Brown Daily Herald (our newspaper) and all the sports teams and fraternities/literary societies/houses.

The largest student group by numbers on campus is probably the Queer Alliance, because it's composed of quite a few smaller groups. Other popular ones are the Brown Daily Herald (our newspaper) and all the sports teams and fraternities/literary societies/houses.

Brown students drink a lot and most of the social scene is dorm related. There is a definite campus bubble and it is easy to spend most of your time on college hill.

There are so many clubs that there will be one that will interest you. The dorms on campus are generally good for first years (all doubles, no bunk beds), but don't get much better. Most seniors live off-campus. Some of our dorms are in desperate need of renovation. The housing lottery will screw over a small part of the rising sophomore class into summer waitlist limbo where they won't know where they live until a week before the fall semester. The social life is what you make of it, you can party all you want if you want, or you can not. Greek organizations make up only 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body and don't drive the social life here, except on Spring Weekend and for first-years for the first few weeks of school.

House parties dominate the scene. The greek scene exists and can be fun, but is a joke compared to what greek life is like at "greek" schools. Athletic events are exciting when we're in the playoffs, but I never went to a single homecoming football game. Guest speakers are people like Gorbechev, Clinton, Nader, Scorsese--basically huge names and amazing learning opportunities. The dating scene is... non-existent. Everyone just sorta hooks up or ends up in relationships, but dating is doable if you put effort into it. 2am on a Tuesday I'm at the falafel truck, if it still exists, or hanging out with friends and chewing the fat, shooting pool at Phi Psi, or studying if there's an exam coming up. We party pretty much every weekend in some way shape or form, many events don't involve drinking. Saturday nights without drinking would be snacking on Thayer street, wandering downtown, laying around with friends in the dorm, playing intramural sports, or supporting friends at shows/concerts. Off campus has very good food and a great music scene. Most people spend the majority of their time on campus--for good reason. There's always something to do.

There are TONS of clubs/organizations on campus, and most first years are exposed to this either during the Activities Fair during ADOCH (A Day on College Hill) or their freshman orientation. This doesn't mean that you HAVE To choose what you want to do at those points, I'm going to be a sophomore in hte fall and I'm still trying to find a few activities that I'd really want to stick with. It's really easy to meet new people, especially during orientation, but it doesn't just stop there -- there's are just so many activities during the school year that you're bound to meet new people, which is great. I personally met my closest friends on the second day of school when I moved in and was finding someone's room. I looked inside one room and commented on the nice windows, haha, aaand now the people who live in that room are some of my best friends! I'm not so much into the party-scene, and didn't drink so much my freshman year. Frat parties are genreally held every weekend, but start dwindling during exam weeks, but then they go into full bloom especially when the frats are doing their rushing events during spring semester. I'd usually hang out with my friends on Friday / Saturday nights in their dorms, play board games, watch a movie, or just hang out. It's very possible and easy to find soemthing to do on a Saturday night that doesn't involve drinking. Other partying options include Fishco and Kurrents (both clubs) near Wickenden street. It's a bit of a walk but people usually go there on Thursday / Fridays. The biggest party weekend at Brown is definitely Spring Weekend-- for some people it's just an excuse to drink from Thurs-Sun and totally kill their liver, but usually a few bands come and perform, and it's just a whole lot of fun, especially when the weather is nice. Then everyone is so just laid back and chill :)

On weekend nights, lots of students (underclassmen in particular) go to events thrown by student groups (a cappella, improv, sketch comedy, theater....it's endless). Frats comprise only 10 percent of the student body, but their parties are also very important in the underclassmen social scene, even though the big parties charge an entrance fee.